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builders and GCs

Log Home Kits: 7 Things To Think About Before You Build From A Log Home Kit

Thinking of building your new log home from a log cabin kit? Here's what you need to know BEFORE you start exploring log home kits!

Honest Abe Log Home Kits: See How Honest Abe Builds Log Homes

We went to an Honest Abe log raising and learned the following random tidbits about how Honest Abe builds log homes.I found these things the most interesting.

Current Log Home Trends & Up-To-Date News About Building Log Homes

With so many changes, updates, and new innovations available to those who are building or living in log homes these days, it's important -- and fun! -- to know what the current log home trends are. Jim Young keeps you up to date on all the latest news and current building trends in the log home industry.

Log Home Kits vs Handcrafted Log Homes: Why We Chose A Log Cabin Kit

See why Shelley and Greg decided to build their log home from a manufactured log cabin kit, rather than a handcrafted log home.

Instructions For Building Your Own Log Home Using Linear Logs Or A Log Home Kit

Log cabin kits that include machine-cut logs can be purchased from a number of different log providers. If you want to build your own log cabin, then check out these tips for getting DIY instructions from the experts, log raising events, and some books to guide you through the steps.

Tips For Exploring Log Home Companies

Joe -- our guest reporter -- shares with us a few more practical tips for buying or building a log home. In this installment, he offers some recommendations to help you decide between one log home company and another.

Why We Decided To Build Our Log Home With Honest Abe Log Homes As The Log Provider

We are very fortunate to have found them all: a log provider, a builder, and a general contractor that we are completely comfortable with. Here's why we chose Honest Abe Log Homes and why we stuck with them through lots of changes, ups & downs.

How We Found The Best General Contractor In Tennessee

Here's why we chose John Roach to be the general contractor to build our new log home in Williamson County Tennessee. Plus, some tips for what to look for in a GC, and some recommendations for general contractors in Middle Tennessee.

Do You Have What It Takes To Build Your Own Log Home?

See why we chose to have a General Contractor oversee the building of our new log home, rather than doing it ourselves. There are pro's and con's to doing the work yourself. But in our case, we feel that we are better off overall in the hands of a General Contractor.

FREE Log Cabin To Good Owner

Yep, you could have your very own log home... for FREE. But you have to act fast. This log home in Eldersburg, Maryland has to be moved or dismantled by October 23, 2007. Details here...

Where We Are Now In The Log Home Building Process…

We're down but not out! After a year spent securing the land, finding a log home builder, designing the blueprints, and saving money to build the log home of our dreams, we had a minor setback when we learned that we couldn't build our log home for under $160/SF. Now we're gearing up for Round Two in the log home building process. See what we're planning now...

Can You Build A Log Home For $150/SF?… Apparently In Middle Tennessee You Can’t!

This article is one of the few in which we have actually vented our yearlong frustrations in dealing with finding a general contractor to build our home, topped off with some of the runaround we've received from the banks who seem unwilling to finance log homes in this area.

Orvis Sells Log Cabins

The Orvis Company has teemed with Rocky Mountain Log Homes to sell 6 different log cabins to outdoor enthusiasts. The Orvis log homes range in size from 1,500 SF to 3,944 SF and range in price from $141,000 to over a million dollars, for a top-of-the-line custom-built log home.